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List of Natural Treatments For Arteriosclerosis

Herbal Remedies For Arteriosclerosis

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Photo Taken at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, NZ,  by Merrilyn on Hollt’s Camera, December 26th 2012.

All conditions of ill health are reversible.  The main requisites in reversing illness are the belief that healing is possible, a committment to avoid the things and conditions which have caused the state of ill health, and the desire to include all the foods and herbs which will make you strong again, and which will help facilitate healing.  Of course, the earlier that you can get onto a meaningful healing programme the better.  Diseases which have been tolerated for years and years can be difficult to reverse, and may take more energy and perseverance then what you are willing to devote to a new dietary programme.  Some people are more happy to simply take the doctor’s medication and put up with the diseased condition, rather than put the effort into changing the diet and thinking positively about recovering.

But it can be done.  If you do succeed in reversing a chronic condition of  ill-health, believe me, the rewards are very very bountiful.  You not only cure the disease which is hampering your health and happiness, but you will find that your physical well being will increase so  much so, that you once again will have that ability to be effective in the community, to help other people and your family.

Important:  Visit your naturopath or ayurvedic practitioner for advice on your planned change of diet and treatment before you attempt to heal yourself of arteriosclerosis.  This is especially important if you are considering stopping any medication you may be taking.

Herbs which improve the circulation are especially good for treating arteriosclerosis.   Cholesterol lowering herbs and foods, and those which help to eliminate toxins from the blood, liver and intestines are also helpful.

The following herbs listed below all help the circulation, help detoxify the liver and intestines, and they possess other therapeutic properties – all of which can help the arteriosclerosis sufferer.  For a cure to be effected, though, it is important to look at the diet and remove the acid-forming foods as much as possible.  An alkaline diet which has an abundance of fresh salad, with adequate protein, rice instead of wheat bread and other wheat products, and minimal or no dairy products and sugar, is the best in my estimation.  Get some advice from your naturopath or ayurvedic practitioner before changing your diet, to ensure that you are using the very best foods for you.  Also, do not use the following herbs or vitamins if you are already taking medication.

Doctors often tell their patients to avoid certain foods whilst they are on a medication such as warfarin, or another blood thinner.  This is because the foods they tell you to avoid are usually the ones that will naturally thin your blood anyway.  So if you double up the effect by using the prescribed blood thinning drug AND natural herbal blood thinners in your food, you could get very very sick or even have a stroke.  The sensible thing is really to use the food and herb items which work naturally to thin the blood, and do away with the artificial synthetic drugs which do the same thing.  But drug companies have conditioned doctors into accepting this practice of putting patients onto medication for the rest of the patient’s  life – they will give these patients a blood test every week or so, to test the effectiveness of the drug they prescribed, and adjust the dose accordingly.  Yet they do not do the most sensible thing – prescribe the food items and herbs which will have the desired effect in lowering cholesterol, or in thinning the blood, and then test weekly or monthly to see how the patient is doing.  They only do these blood tests if you are on their medication, which conditions the public into believing that there is no other way.  Madness.

Acupressure On Legs To Help Circulation:  My friend Bernhard in Spirit has just given us some advice for a friend who came today to ask about natural treatments for her condition of arteriosclerosis. She has been taking Lipex, prescribed by her doctor, and this Lipex  is having an adverse effect on her health. Bernhard gave us some alternatives, with acupressure points to massage nightly on the ankle and  up the side of the lower legs, a couple around the knee, one behind the leg on the calf muscle, one at the back of the knee, and one on the upper thigh.  Just three seconds on each point.

Colour Therapy To Soothe  and Nourish The Nerves:  He also recommended sitting under a green light for 20 minutes each night before going to sleep. Note:  She has already benefitted from the massage of acupressure points and the green light for 20 minutes.  Her sleep has improved already from these two simple remedial measures.

Avoid Synthetic Blankets and Clothing:  Bernhard also said that it was important for my friend to sleep with WOOL blankets, and not to use any synthetic blankets or sheets on the bed.  This makes sense, because synthetic fibres really interfere with the circulation of the blood, and so one must avoid wearing synthetics as much as possible, and one must certainly not use synthetic duvees or covers on the bed.  Since you spend most of the night in your bed, it is important that your body be given the chance for the circulation to run as smoothly as possible without interference from electrical currents or synthetic fibres.  It was particularly interesting to get this message, as my friend said after receiving this message that she had just taken off the woollen blankets for the summer, and replaced them with  a synthetic duvee.  My friend changed the bedding back to the natural wool which has also helped her sleep better.

Important To Avoid All Alcohol, Marijuana, Caffeine and Other Drugs when beginning a cure for any chronic disease.  Arteriosclerosis will not improve too much if you continue to take any of these things. I believe that many prescription drugs can give you arteriosclerosis, as well as party drugs, smoking cigarettes, and alcohol.

Specific Herbs Foods and Vitamins for Treating  Arteriosclerosis:  Of course you will take only a selected few of these possible remedies.  You can over-do these things, and so it is important that you visit a health professional such as a naturapath, homeopath, or ayurvedic practitioner for advice before beginning an alternative treatment for arteriosclerosis.

Alfalfa

Beetroot

Birch Leaf

Calcium Ascorbate Vitamin C – 1000 mg once or twice a day depending on the severity of the condition you are treating.  Reduce the dose if the bowels are working overtime.  But it is a good thing to clear out the bowels initially, before reducing the dose.  Poisons in the intestines are the root cause of any disease, so the saying goes.  Vitamin C has the power to break down calcified deposits and heal the capilliaries.  Taking calcium ascorbate or Ester C are good options when you need to take larger doses of Vitamin C, as these are non-acidic and do not affect the digestion adversely.

Vitamin C helps to prevent heart attack and stroke – It is a natural blood thinner and acutally strengthens the capilliary walls.  It helps to remove cholesterol.  It helps to negate poisons and remove them quickly from the blood stream, liver and intestines.  If it is used regularly as part of treatment, it helps to break down deposits anywhere in the body, whether it be in the veins, the liver, or other organs.

Capsicum – All members of the pepper family, which means fresh sweet peppers, bell peppers, fresh or dried chilli peppers, powdered cayenne pepper, powdered paprika pepper.  Peppers are just the best for improving the circulation.

Celery – Raw celery used daily is very good.  Try to get organically grown celery if you can.  Celery seed can be used as a condiment or made into tea with thyme, rosemary or lemon balm.

Chaparral  (Larrea divaricata):  Chaparral is a powerful antioxidant and cleansing herb.  It is used in many alternative cancer treatments to break up tumours of all kinds.  Chaparral also acts as a pain killer, and has antibiotic and antiseptic qualities.  It is a very useful herb to remove drug residues and deposits, such as LSD and marijuana, from people’s livers and brain tissues.  Louise Tenney claims that it has been used to counteract the effects of LSD.

Chickweed

Chicory – Cichorium intybus.  A good herb to help the condition of arteriosclerosis.  Like Dandelion, Chicory can be used as a substitute for coffee.  It is rich in Vitamins A, C, B, K and P.  It is a great cleanser of the blood and the kidneys.  It helps rheumatic conditions, arthritis, gout, and sore joints.  It is thought to help gall-stones to dissolve.

Comfrey Tea

Couch Grass

Fenugreek:  Fenugreek is a common component of Indian cooking.  It is a valuable cleansing herb which is capable of dissolving build-ups of calcium and other material in the blood vessels or anywhere in the body.  It is commonly used in natural treatments for cancer and other life-threatening diseases in combination with other remedies.  One report on-line states that 3/4 cup of fenugreek daily, taken for 20 days, has helped cure some people of arteriosclerosis.  This is quite a lot, and I would assume you would take it in divided doses throughout the day.  However, we are not told what else these people were doing to assist the cure, if anything at all.  And we are not told how far the disease had progressed – perhaps these people had not had the disease for too long, in which case it would have been fairly easy to reverse.

If you were taking this much fenugreek, you would not need any other herbs to compliment the fenugreek, in my opinion.  I should think that this treatment would be most effective if a diet of alkaline fruits and vegetables were eaten during the period of cleansing, with no meat or dairy foods  or wheat for the 20 day period.  I would follow a complete vegetarian diet using vegetables and  brown rice, with complete avoidance of  sugar,  bread, wheat and dairy foods.  And enemas to help quickly eliminate those poisons  always hurries up the healing process.  But ASK YOUR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FOR ADVICE before beginning the intensive fenugreek treatment.  Fenugreek is safe to take in moderation as an addition to the normal daily diet, of course.  From two capsules to six capsules a day is considered a moderate dose.

Note:  A friend of mine is currently doing the Fenugreek cleansing treatment in combination with 1000mg to 2000mg calcium ascorbate Vitamin C per day.  She is munching through 3/4 cup soaked Fenugreek seeds per day, which have got to the sprouting stage after soaking.  She stopped taking the  prescribed  Lipex medication which was causing headaches, poor memory and other things, and is now feeling a lot better on the Fenugreek plus Vitamin C in the form of calcium ascorbate.  She eats salads with every meal and is vegetarian but uses yoghurt and cheese and chick peas for extra protein.  I find that, having experimented with the Fenugreek, that you need to UP your calcium intake in your food if you are taking large amounts of Fenugreek to dissolve deposits in the veins, liver or kidneys. Fenugreek dissolves calcium deposits in the blood but can leave you a bit short of dietary calcium.   But calcium supplements are best avoided – take a bit more cooked cabbage, which is very high in natural calcium, free range egg yolks, or organic milk or cheese  if it agrees with you – or SESAME SEEDS which are the highest vegetable calcium source.  The calcium in your food will counteract the tendency for the Fenugreek to whip away too much calcium from your body.  Treat it as you would rhubarb, which does the same thing – include calcium rich proteins with it so that calcium is not depleted. DO SEE YOUR DOCTOR OR NATUROPATH BEFORE BEGINNING ANY NEW TREATMENT OR STOPPING YOUR MEDICATION.  GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU CANNOT USE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES AND NATURAL CURES TOGETHER AS THIS IS DOUBLING UP ON TREATMENT AND COULD BE DANGEROUS – I AM NOT ADVISING YOU FOLLOW THESE TREATMENTS  WITHOUT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.

Garlic

Ginger – Use dried ginger in cooking, and freshly grated ginger or powdered ginger to make tea.  One teaspoon of fresh grated ginger with a cup of boiling water added is a  very good digestive which also helps the circulation.

Hawthorne This is one of the most popular herbal remedies for arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and as a general heart tonic.  It is mildly sedative and has a favourable effect on all manner of heart troubles.  However, do not take it if you are already taking some medication for your illness.  Consult your doctor or naturopath first to see if Hawthorne can be added to your dietary regime.

Parsley

Psyllium Hulls

Rutin:  This has a similar beneficial effect to Vitamin C on the circulatory system.  It helps to heal and strengthen the capilliary walls and to encourage better circulation.

Taheebo (Pau d’Arco):  This is another cancer herb which acts as an antibiotic. This is one of the best remedies for treating candida and chemical poisoning.  It helps break down deposits and tumours and kills viruses, and  is excellent for building up the immune system.  Louise Tenney says in her 1980’s book that it is used in some South American hospitals to treat infections.

Natural Herbal Remedies For Dermatitis of the Hands

Inflammation of the skin as in Dermatitis can be remedied by avoiding those irritants which cause dermatits, by applying herbal remedies to the skin, and by correcting the diet.  Homeopathy can be a great help in helping to cure skin conditions, but of course, it is imperative that you avoid exposure to the chemicals which usually cause the problem of dermatitis.DSCO 1807Herbs For Healing:  Photo taken at Dunedin Botanical Gardens NZ.  Merrilyn took the photo on Holly’s camera December 2012.

The main thing is to avoid using detergents and dish washing liquids:  Most of these are derived from petroleum products which  dry out the skin terribly. Petroleum compounds, as used in detergents and other household products, are absorbed through the pores of the skin and contribute, along with many other chemicals in food, cosmetics, and our environment, to cancer and other degenerative disease.  A skin condition of ill-health is to be taken as a warning sign that something is wrong.  No use going to take steroids and other such drugs which only mask the real problem:  The irritant cause has to be dealt with if you want to protect your general health.

People with sensitive skins usually suffer when their hands are put into a sink full of water containing detergent.  Washing powder for the clothes can also be the cause of skin inflammation, so watch out for those.  If you have a problem with eczema, or dermatitis, then you should use pure ‘Lux’ soapflakes, or pure ‘Sunlight’ soap for your dishes, as well as for your clothes-wash.  You should also use rubber gloves to protect your skin, even if you use pure soap flakes in your dish washing water.  If your hands are in a bad way, then use cotton gloves inside the rubber gloves, to line them.  Alternatively, get someone else to wash those dishes.  You can do the drying….

Babies often get a rash for no good reason – the answer is usually to stop using soap powders which contain irritating chemicals.  Just grate up a suitable amount of pure soap for using in your washing machine, if you cannot buy pure soap flakes.

The book called  ‘Successful Herbal Remedies’, written by Nalda Gosling, 1985, suggests that the best herbal remedies for dermatitis are Chickweed ointment, or slippery elm or marshmallow ointment.  One of these should be applied morning and night.  She also recommends supplements of  2,500 IU of Vitamin A daily, as well as extra B complex and extra vegetable oil.  Nalda Gosling also recommends the herbs Echinacea and Blue Flag Root for helping skin conditions.  These could be taken in a herbal pill form as per instructions on the label.

Homeopathic Remedies which might help dermatitis of the skin are Echinacea, Thuja, Mercurius, or Sulphur.  Any one of these will help the body to detoxify, which will, in turn, help the skin to heal.  I can recommend the Weleda combination homeopathic medicine which has Thuja and Echinacea, together with some other herbs.  This is a fanatastic tonic for helping people who are suffering candida, yeast infection, or who have been exposed to vaccinations or other chemicals which have affected the immune system.  Follow the instructions as given by Weleda.

A daily dose of one dessertspoonful of sunflower oil will supply essential fatty acids, Vitamin E, and other nutrients which will help the skin to stay healthy.  Alternatively, try to include plenty of sunflower seeds and sesame seeds in your diet.  Almonds are also helpful.

Castor Oil to Detoxify:  Taking a couple of tablespoons of Castor Oil once a week will help your body to detoxify.  This will help the condition of the skin.

Castor Oil Pack:  A warm castor oil pack which is left on the abdomen overnight, or for at least 3 hours, will also help the body to detoxify.  This treatment is best applied for 3 days in a row, then left for 3 days, according to Walter Last’s recommendation to me many years ago.  I have found the castor oil pack to be enormously helpful in curing digestive problems, and in detoxifying the body.  It is easy to do – Use a small piece of white cotton or linen or wool, and pour over a couple of tablespoons of Castor oil.  I put this straight onto the abdomen with a small plastic bag over the top and a hot water bottle on top of that.  It is important to use a clear plastic, or a white plastic, with no coloured writing on it, otherwise the colour on the plastic, or contained within the plastic, will come off onto your castor oil pack.  This will ruin it, as then you will have unwanted chemicals on your pack.

The pack can be used again.  Just top up with a teaspoon or two of oil as needed.

Diet To Help Skin Conditions: Avoid all processed foods and all foods containing preservatives, colourings, or flavourings.  An alkaline diet which is rich in fresh green salads, with grated raw carrot, and enough protein from meats, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, almond, and coconut, is helpful.  It is best to avoid wheat products, and dairy products, and sugar, until your skin is better.  Then you can establish whether or not you are allergic to any of these foods, as when you re-introduce them again, you will get a reaction if they are no good for you.

Also avoid any foods which have yeast in them, such as bread, vinegar, wines, beer, soy sauce, etc.  Yeasts encourage candida in the body, which causes yeast problems.  Skin troubles can be a sign of candida overgrowth. So – stick to the alkaline diet, with plenty of raw green salads, with cooked greens as well, rice, potatoes, and protein of various sorts except for milk and dairy, and you should see an improvement.

If your skin is not better after a week or two of following a programme such as this, then you most certainly need to see a professional health expert, if you haven’t already done so.